This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1958
Page
1
Tucson businessmen report no recession, with steady trade, rising real estate, and strong consumer activity. They credit population growth, low heavy industry dependence, and government checks supporting stability as construction resumes and banks note no rise in failures.
A Stratotanker crashed on takeoff at Westover Air Force Base killing 15 aboard including six newsmen. The two sister planes on the same flight set Atlantic speed records, Alpha in 5h 27m 42.8s and Bravo in 5h 29m 37.4s, while Cocoa crashed and Delta failed to take off. Survivors and investigators described a bright fireball as the plane plunged into a cornfield near the highway. The air force opened an investigation while authorities noted the high voltage lines nearby did not ground the aircraft.
General Saunders, 45, a Davis Monthan and Westover Air Force Base veteran, died in the crash of a four-tanker flight off Massachusetts. A West Point graduate who flew 25 combat missions in World War II, he commanded the 303rd Bomb Squadron and later the 57th Air Division before earning brigadier general rank in 1956. He was survived by his wife Margaret and three children.
A 4 year old girl spent two to three days in a house with her mother's body before police found them. Autopsy indicates Mrs Priscilla Retallick Weaver died from barbiturate poisoning. The child Holly was unharmed aside from distress and taken to Comstock Children's Hospital for care. Coroner rules death self-inflicted.
Washington affair pits Sherman Adams against Bernard Goldfine after John Fox quoted Goldfine as saying he bought a Washington house for Adams and sent checks to him for years. Adams reject s the claims, saying he never owned a Washington home and had no such financing, while Eisenhower officials vow to rebut any further falsehoods.
An armed bandit stole about 50 dollars from the Pacific Finance Co at 3533 East Speedway and fled. Police hunted for an old model green car believed used by the gunman. In Wimbledon, Barry MacKay and Budge Patty trailed in singles when rain halted play. matches to resume tomorrow.
Cuban rebels seized 11 engineers from Moa, 10 Americans and 1 Canadian, and killed three Cuban soldiers. The raid, by about 200 rebels, targeted living quarters and the city, with hostages taken toward the hills. Victims include John H. Schissler and Edward Cannon among others linked to Freeport Sulphur Co. contractors.
A surprise rainstorm flooded downtown Tucson late yesterday causing window damage at Mitchell Furniture and a toppled tree on a station wagon. .45 inches was recorded at the Tucson Newspapers roof gauge. overall rainfall was localized with dry river basins nearby.
City workmen painted new traffic lines on a St. Joseph street the other day. Next day another city crew covered them with a new coating of asphalt.
Raymond Headspeth, 37, hid with Mrs. Barbara F. Doubleday in Reno then abandoned her in Tucson. He cashed bonds totaling $200,000 and fled with her car and $2,000 left of the money. FBI tracked him to a Miami hotel where he faced interstate transport charges as authorities recovered jewelry, a Mercedes, and $184,000 in a safety box.
Weather and schedule listing with sections on public records finance radio TV sports films and a column by Molly Mayfield. Includes party lines world news police blotter and a woman’s view.
The House passed a tax compromise bill repealing half a billion dollars yearly in freight surcharges and avoiding a $2.115 billion revenue drop by extending for one year the wartime increases in corporate income tax and other excises on cars liquor and cigarettes.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.